Judicial rulings

• 2009 R v Horncastle & others - hearsay evidence

  Evidence from others that isn't given under oath in court and cannot be substantiated could be used as basis for conviction
• 2011 AL Rawi v the Security Service - secret hearings

  Outlawed the use of secret evidence by the intelligence services in court
• 2013 Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd - Company and divorce law

  Property belonging to a company should be separate from property belonging to individuals
• R (HS2 Action Alliance Limited) v Secretary of State for Transport

  EU directives didn't require government to consult more widely over HS2
• 2014 R (Nicklinson) v Ministry for Justice

  Article 8 of the ECHR couldn't be used over the Suicide Act 1961 as a means of justifying assisted suicide
• 2019 R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister

  Prorogation of Parliament deemed unlawful due to the principle of Parliamentary Sovereignty - any prorogation that had the effect of frustrating or preventing, without reasonable justification, the ability of Parliament to carry out its functions as a legislative body, would thereby be unlawful
• 2020 Sutherland v Her Majesty's Advocate (Scotland)

  Sutherland attempted to communicate indecently with who he thought was a 13 year old child but was a 48 year old decoy from Groom Resistors Scotland. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected his claims that the covertly obtained information was inadmissible in court due to Article 8 of the ECHR (right to a private life)
• 2020 Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and the Secretary of State for the Home Department

  Shamima Begum had a right under Article 2 and 3 of the ECHR to challenge the UK government's decision to strip her of her British citizenship. It also said she should be allowed entry to the UK to plead her case in person